This week’s installment of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series (airs tonight at 8), Straight Outta LA, examines the intersection between sports and culture, or more, specifically the Los Angeles Raiders and gangster rap. Ice Cube is the driving force behind the film, with some help from our friends at No Mas. Once again they’ve teamed up with animator extraordinaire James Blagden to bring some of Ice Cube’s words alive. We’ve slept a bit on the whole 30 for 30 series, but hopefully you’ve been watching. It’s probably the best thing Bill Simmons has ever been involved in, @celticschants notwithstanding.

“Article II, Section 1: Pick a Team, Any Team. Just Pick One and Only One”

The last time I saw Snoop Dogg he was wearing a Steelers jersey in a commercial with Mike Ditka. Now he’s wearing a Raiders jersey in a Raiders doc with Ice Cube. Choose, Mr. Dogg.

05.12.10 at 12:16 pm

Drave

Watched it last night. Wasn’t prepared for how decrepit Al Davis looks these days.
Was also saddened by John Madden’s enduring fealty to the Dark Lord.

05.12.10 at 4:25 pm

Killshot

Jesus christ, Al looks like a living corpse! And am I the only one who finds it remarkable that Madden was EVER a football coach? I just cannot see him leading grown men.

And the Doc No-No vid was great, ah the 70s…

05.13.10 at 2:12 pm

mark

Al Davis in HD is fucking horrifying. He’s got scabs and has pieces of his skin just falling off. What in the hell… he makes John Clayton look handsome in comparison. Never though HD would backfire like this, ughhhh.